. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Apr 7.

Published in final edited form as: J Cross Cult Gerontol. 2010 Dec;25(4):343–354. doi: 10.1007/s10823-010-9119-5

Table 2.

Comparison of Native Elder Care Study Sample with Other Samples by Most Prevalent Chronic Conditions

	Native Elder Care Study %	Chapleski et al. 1997 %	John et al. 2003 %	National statistics %
Hypertension	58	43	37	47^a
Arthritis	44	61	50	48^b
Diabetes	42	32	29	16^a
Back pain	37	NA	NA	29^b
Vision loss	31	29	53	14^a
Cataracts	25	NA	NA	26^c
Hearing loss	26	30	46	32^a
Broken bone(s)	24	NA	NA	NA

NA = not available